Once More 'Into the Storm'

A low-rent 'Twister' knockoff with cheerful idiocy.

When "Twister" opened in 1996, I called it "the loudest thing you're liable to hear without sticking your head inside a jet engine." Given the evolution of sound systems since then, it's not surprising that "Into the Storm" is much louder. What's remarkable about this long-belated and low-rent knockoff, however, is the velocity of its cheerful idiocy, the blithe vacuity of its narrative downtime between tornado touchdowns.

The main storm-chaser, a dislikable crackpot named Pete (Matt Walsh),...